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Ed Huschka writes: > "While it is not known what makes the drug so >effective, it seems to act on the brain chemical dopamine, >which appears to be a key element in mental illness and >other disorders including Parkinson's Disease...... >Researchers like Dr. Juan Sanchez-Ramos at the Miami based >National Parkinson Foundation are finding that Clozaril >not only clears up troubling side-effects from some >Parkinson medications, but restores some mobility to >patients...... "By the time doctors see Parkinson >patients, 80 percent of the dopaminne is gone," Sanchez >Ramos says. "From age 40 on you start losing dopamine >cells. Maybe there is your fountain of youth." (end of >quote). >Have any of you here on this BB had any experience with >Clozaril or have any additional information to contribute? I just finished reading a book on Eldepryl (Deprenyl), which explores how it works in great detail. Interestingly, the book is written for people interested in life extension! The authors claim that our brain's dopamine cells die faster than any other cell in our body, and that Eldepryl protects these cells from free radical oxidation. If I recall, Eldepryl is a monoamine inhibitor type B drug, although I've forgotten what that means! Anyway, the book is available from the Life Extension Foundation. It cites several studies showing how it prolonged the lives of people and other mamals.